Kerry Mitchell (Doctorate in Biological Sciences)

Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Email: kmitche3@sgu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Mitchell completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental Sciences and post-graduate studies in Biological Sciences at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. During his post-graduate studies, he worked with the Toxicology and Environmental Bioengineering research group on the risk assessment and remediation of areas polluted with toxic metals. Dr. Mitchell currently collaborates on an international project focused on the remediation of polluted environments using organic amendments. He leads a research exploring the spatiotemporal trends of ambient particulate matter pollution and their effects on human health.

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Selected Publications

Beesley, L., Trakal, L., Hough, R., & Mitchell, K. (2022). Mobility and crop uptake of Zn in a legacy sludge-enriched agricultural soil amended with biochar or compost: insights from a pot and recirculating column leaching test. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21744-3

Dirienzo, N., Mitchell, K., Forde, M., Rainham, D., & Villeneuve, P. J. (2022). Temporal trends in ambient fine particulate matter and the impacts of COVID-19 on this pollutant in Grenada, West Indies. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association , 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2022.2126555

Macías, R., Ramos, M. S., Guerrero, A. L., Farfán, M. G., Mitchell, K., & Avelar, F. J. (2022). Contamination Assessment and Chemical Speciation of Lead in Soils and Sediments: A Case Study in Aguascalientes, México. Applied Sciences, 12(8592), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178592

Flores de la Torre, J. A., Mitchell, K., Ramos Gómez, M. S., Guerrero Barrera, A. L., Yamamoto Flores, L., & Avelar González, F. J. (2018). Effect of plant growth on Pb and Zn geoaccumulation in 300-year-old mine tailings of Zacatecas, México. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(10), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7563-7

Mitchell, K., Mendoza-González, C. V., Ramos-Gómez, M. S., Yamamoto-Flores, L., Guerrero-Barrera, A. L., Macias-Medrano, R., & Avelar-González, F. J. (2020). The effect of low-temperature biochar and its non-pyrolyzed composted biosolids source on the geochemical fractionation of Pb and Cd in calcareous river sediments. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79(7), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-08908-5

Mitchell, K., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Jones, R., Zheng, L., Trakal, L., Hough, R., & Beesley, L. (2020). Mobility of arsenic, chromium and copper arising from soil application of stabilised aggregates made from contaminated wood ash. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 393(122479), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122479

Mitchell, K., Trakal, L., Sillerova, H., Avelar-González, F. J., Guerrero-Barrera, A. L., Hough, R., & Beesley, L. (2018). Mobility of As, Cr and Cu in a contaminated grassland soil in response to diverse organic amendments; a sequential column leaching experiment. Applied Geochemistry, 88, 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.05.020

Trakal, L., Raya-Moreno, I., Mitchell, K., & Beesley, L. (2017). Stabilization of metal(loid)s in two contaminated agricultural soils: Comparing biochar to its non-pyrolysed source material. Chemosphere, 181, 150–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.064

Mitchell, K. N., Ramos Gómez, M. S., Guerrero Barrera, A. L., Yamamoto Flores, L., Flores de la Torre, J. A., & Avelar González, F. J. (2016). Evaluation of Environmental Risk of Metal Contaminated Soils and Sediments Near Mining Sites in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), 216–224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1820-9

Mitchell, K., Beesley, L., Šípek, V., & Trakal, L. (2022). Biochar and its potential to increase water, trace element, and nutrient retention in soils. In D. C. W. Tsang & Y. S. Ok (Eds.), Biochar in Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 25–33). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85343-9.00008-2

Forde, M., Izurieta, R., Ormeci, B., Arellano, M., & Mitchell, K. (2019). Water and Health. In G. Roldan, J. Tundisi, B. Jimenez, K. Vammen, H. Vaux, E. Gonzalez, & M. Doria (Eds.), Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities (pp. 27–36). The InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences. https://www.interacademies.org/publication/water-quality-americas-risks-and-opportunities

Mitchell, K., Forde, M. S., & Neptune, A. (2019). Water Quality in the Americas: Caribbean-Grenada. In G. Roldan, J. Tundisi, B. Jimenez, K. Vammen, H. Vaux, E. Gonzalez, & M. Doria (Eds.), Water Quality in the Americas - Risks and Opportunities (pp. 353–365). The InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences. https://www.interacademies.org/publication/water-quality-americas-risks-and-opportunities

Selected Projects